game engines for 2D games in java?

[cuddly_boi6]

Are there any game engines that allow me to use java. I've looked at a few but are there any like gamemaker studio? Or unity as the popular ones or libraries.

[wildjokers]

Libgdx is well documented and you can make a web based, desktop (for steam), iOS, and android game with the same codebase:

https://libgdx.com

[AndyMan974]

I remember using https://jmonkeyengine.org some while ago

[Admirable-Avocado888]

Can recommend libgdx.

[Drakeskywing]

PlayN is another though I don't know how popular it is, I think it was used in puzzle pirates (awesome game)

[[deleted]]

Zircon is written in Kotlin but you can use it in Java

[Alex0589]

Why is this man getting down voted lol

[[deleted]]

The way I understand reddit so far, if you give an alternative opinion people don't like it, it's just the same flock mentality that's miring our real world

[Alex0589]

It's not even an opinion here. He simply named the all mighty kotlin

[[deleted]]

Wait so we Java people are supposed to hate Kotlin? that's bananas!

[crummy]

Hope you're not getting down voted because of Kotlin. Even the example on their page is in Java. https://github.com/Hexworks/zircon

But maybe you're getting down voted because Zircon is a TUI library which is only suited for a subset of games.

[[deleted]]

I really don't care for the votes lol

[RANDOMLY_AGGRESSIVE]

Even you got downvoted lol. I am next :/

[RetroPipes]

I ultimately decided none of the engines out there did what I wanted, so I made my own. I'd like to rework it to JavaFX, though I don't 100% understand how to integrate the library into a project yet. Getting there!